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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in electronic education technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that online education organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cape Verde to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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